Linden woman reportedly raped, sodomized at Bamia

Linden police are investigating a report of rape and sodomy, committed on a woman on Friday May 7th, 2021, in the vicinity of the Bamia creek. Commander of Region 10 Hugh Winter, said that the woman, who is said to be in her twenties, gave a statement, in which she claimed that the perpetrator drove her Bamia and without her consent, performed the acts on her.

According to information reaching INFO 10, the woman was returning home from the wake of the late Shonnette Dover. She was in the company of another young woman and a relative of the perpetrator.

She was then taken to the Linden Hospital Complex, where a medical examination was conducted. Winter said that the perpetrator has been identified and he is a known character. Police are aggressively searching for him.